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🛡️ 📊 Have you joined the Federal Data Forum?
The Forum connects researchers, practitioners, and advocates working to protect and improve federal statistics. If you work with public data—or care about its future—this community is for you.
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This Friday: PRB CEO @JenniferSciubba joins a @JohnsHopkins convening on demography & planetary health to talk about communicating population trends to audiences outside the field, with @borenbears of @AP and moderator @sdesmon.
Agenda: buff.ly/euQcgrl
📢 📰 PRB in the News: @Deseret explores what our 2026 World Population Data Sheet reveals about a world that is aging yet still growing—and why countries with similar fertility rates can be on very different paths. deseret.com/u-s-world/2026/1…
On Oct. 27, PRB's @marksmather joins a panel at @BPC_Bipartisan and @NatlGovsAssoc's American Opportunity Project event to discuss America's demographic challenge, near and long term, and what it means for the fiscal outlook. Join in DC or online: buff.ly/WxVVvlD
A rural Maine hospital closed its labor & delivery unit. 29 days later, a woman arrived with a prolapsed umbilical cord, and the nearest delivery hospital was 45 miles away.
Falling births don’t mean falling need for emergency care. New from @rachelyavs. prb.org/news/when-births-fal…
More than 1.5 million kids were missed in the 2020 Census. Three proposed changes for 2030 could make it worse, affecting funding and representation for a decade.
PRB’s @MarkSMather explains what’s at stake: prb.org/news/children-are-al…
#Census2030
Demographic trends aren’t inherently good or bad. On “Humans,” @hankgreen and PRB CEO @JenniferSciubba explore what a smaller future could look like, and why it calls for curiosity instead of alarm. 🎧
Worth a listen: buff.ly/4FIpW7R
🗓️ How might concern about fertility decline affect #SRHR?
Join @PRBdata, @EngenderHealth & @FP2030Global on Oct 22. for a closed-door briefing on new findings from Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Asia & the Pacific.
🔗 Register: buff.ly/xmqmLKb
PRB works to anchor important conversations in data. For six decades, our World Population Data Sheet has been one of the most visible ways we do that, putting reliable population data in the hands of educators, students, and others around the globe. 🌍🧵
Learn more and donate: prb.org/donate*
*Under IRS guidelines, the estimated value of the printed 2026 and 1962 Data Sheets is not substantial, so the full amount of your contribution is tax-deductible.
Last week was a big week at PRB: our Board of Trustees met in DC to dig into what's worked this year, what we've learned, and how we keep population data at the center of decisions that matter.
Plus a new trustee, two farewells, and some trick-or-treating 🎃 🍬
The World Population Data Sheet is back! 🌍 Join PRB's experts Oct. 27 at 10 AM ET to explore key findings from the 2026 edition, including a special focus on gender equality and well-being. Register: buff.ly/vnZwlvH
▶️ Watch: PRB Senior Fellow Apoorva Jadhav on @the_hindu on how city design affects women's paid work in India.
"When a city doesn't provide piped water, childcare, sanitation, nearby health services—that work doesn't go away. It falls on the women." youtube.com/watch?v=HuD3sUjQ…
🗺️ When funding for the World Population Data Sheet was abruptly cut last year, something remarkable happened: teachers, researchers, and policymakers around the world shared what it meant to their work. 🧵
🔗 Learn more at prb.org/donate*
*Per IRS guidelines, the printed copies have no substantial value, so your full contribution is tax-deductible.
On the heels of #WorldContraceptionDay, our State of Access scorecard shows just 6 states (IL, MD, NJ, NY, OR, WA) require insurers to cover OTC contraceptives without a prescription. 38 states + DC have no relevant policies. See where your state stands: buff.ly/iFsivgE
💡 🌍 🧠 Happy #TestYourKnowledge Thursday! Today's quiz comes from our new World Population Data Sheet. Make your best guess below!
Q: By 2050, which of the following is projected to become the world’s 3rd most-populous country—unseating the US—with 404.7 million people?
33%Nigeria
0%Indonesia
33%Pakistan
33%Brazil
3 votes • Final results